How Technology Can Help You Expand Your Business
sponsored by SAP AG
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Your company's growing fast. Your days are consumed with the flurry of activities it takes to manage that expansion. With the right business management software, you can integrate your business, improve customer service, make more informed business decisions, and move into online sales.
Posted: 30 Oct 2009 | Published: 30 Oct 2009
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The IT Management Software Megavendors
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
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The current recession and credit crunch deeply affected IT spending in the last quarter of 2008 and into 2009. This SWOT Analyst report for Q3 2009 regroups the market contenders by categories for an easier evaluation to enable vendor strategy professionals to substantiate decisions about their partnership and go-to-market strategies.
Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009
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Research Report on Virtualization and Cloud Computing in Test/Dev Environments
sponsored by Platform Computing Corporation
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Read this report to learn the research findings of this study, which examined the challenges of managing Test/Dev environments and the opportunity for server virtualization and cloud computing to address them. This paper includes several graphs and an in-depth discussion of the advantages of private cloud computing.
Posted: 26 Oct 2009 | Published: 26 Oct 2009
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Plan Now for Licensing Windows 7
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
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This Forrester Research paper will show you how analyzing your options for upgrading to Windows 7 can save you down the road. One of the first steps IT managers should take is to determine their firm's Windows 7 licensing strategy and how it fits into their broader Microsoft relationship.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009
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Avoid the Dragonfly's Sting: The Importance of the BI Licensing Model
sponsored by LogiXML
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This paper looks at end-user and server-based licensing fees for BI solutions and argues that server-based fees makes much more sense.
Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2009
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Essentials of Software Asset Management
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
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Proper software asset management (SAM) requires setting policies for corporate standards, software evaluation, purchasing, usage and compliance monitoring. This white paper explains how to do that.
Posted: 07 Oct 2009 | Published: 07 Oct 2009
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The Development Executives Guide to Open Source Software Policy Implementation
sponsored by Black Duck Software
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Black Duck provides a framework that not only allows your software development organization to benefit from open source but also allows other enterprise stakeholdersincluding legal, IT, security, export and purchasing personnelto access timely and relevant information to effectively manage business risks.
Posted: 07 Oct 2009 | Published: 07 Oct 2009
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Seven Best Practices for Managing Software Intellectual Property in an Open Source World
sponsored by Black Duck Software
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Over the past decade, a powerful new approach to development - open source software - has risen to prominence, dramatically increasing the opportunity to re-use existing software. This report describes a set of seven best practices whose objective is to encourage development based on component re-use and software assembly.
Posted: 07 Oct 2009 | Published: 07 Oct 2009
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How to Increase Velocity and Value with Agile Development using Open Source
sponsored by Black Duck Software
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This whitepaper explains the advantages of reusing open source components in projects implemented by agile development teams, discusses the issues and risks that must be managed, and highlights the benefits organizations can receive by leveraging open source components.
Posted: 07 Oct 2009 | Published: 07 Oct 2009
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Smarter Products - The Building Blocks for a Smarter Planet
sponsored by IBM
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IBM offers the first integrated software platform dedicated to the delivery of smarter products, with our portfolio of software, hardware and services, IBM can help companies create and manage smarter products for a smarter planet. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 06 Oct 2009 | Published: 06 Oct 2009
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Environmentally Aware Software for smarter products
sponsored by IBM
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Simple changes in software investments and practices can have the dual effect of reduced energy consumption and improved team productivity. IBM Rational Software provides an opportunity to make day-by-day shifts toward this goal.
Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009
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The Importance of an Information Strategy, A White Paper by Bloor Research
sponsored by IBM
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In this paper we will discuss what an Information Strategy is, why it is important, and what it takes to build one. We will also consider IBM's Information Agenda, that company's approach to assisting in the development of an Information Strategy.
Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009
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Optimizing Agile for Your Organization
sponsored by Construx Software
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This white paper will outline the major organizational, cultural, and project considerations that are critical to a successful Agile adoption.
Posted: 21 Sep 2009 | Published: 21 Sep 2009
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Managing the Transition to International Financial Reporting Standards
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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This white paper identifies the many challenges companies face when implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in corporate reporting and explores tightly integrated solutions that together centrally manage data and metadata on a unified platform--the first step in implementing a complete performance management solution.
Posted: 16 Sep 2009 | Published: 16 Sep 2009
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Customer perspectives on the benefits of a collaborative process to deliver software quality
sponsored by IBM
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This Hurwitz and Associates whitepaper shares the successes, challenges and future plans of three companies - Sogeti Group, Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), and Scotiabank.
Posted: 11 Sep 2009 | Published: 11 Sep 2009
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Top 10 Software Delivery Secrets: Doing More with Less
sponsored by IBM
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In this white paper, well discuss specific secrets of delivering more valuable software to customers despite having fewer resources. Well include secrets related to process, development, infrastructure, and information. It can be done, and well tell you how.
Posted: 11 Sep 2009 | Published: 11 Sep 2009
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Virtual Applications, Real Advantages
sponsored by Flexera Software
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This white paper discusses the benefits of software virtualization and the value of using a packaging solution that supports multiple virtualizations formats.
Posted: 19 Aug 2009 | Published: 19 Aug 2009
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Microsoft Dynamics RoleTailored Business Productivity: "Software Designed for Your People"
sponsored by Microsoft
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By automating and streamlining financial, customer relationship and supply chain processes, Microsoft Dynamics brings together people, processes and technologies, increasing the productivity and effectiveness of the business, and helping drive business success. Explore the Microsoft Dynamics Customer Model and how it's reflected in this software.
Posted: 18 Aug 2009 | Published: 18 Aug 2009
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Five Things About Exchange Server 2007 You Might Not Know
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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There is a well-spring of features and capabilities of Microsoft's Exchange Server 2007 messaging platform. The longer you use it, the more treasures you can pull up from the deep. In this paper, we'll look at and discuss five things you probably don't know about Exchange Server 2007.
Posted: 27 Jul 2009 | Published: 27 Jul 2009
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IT Consolidation with VMware and Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
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Dell EqualLogic&trade PS Series iSCSI SANs help to reduce the cost and complexity of IT Consolidation and uniquely integrate with VMware® Infrastructure to enable the fully virtualized IT environment
Posted: 14 May 2009 | Published: 14 May 2009
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Smarter system development: a systems engineering trade study to support green initiatives with model-driven development
sponsored by IBM
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Trade study analysis is an effective method of comparing potential solutions to a given problem. Using a model-driven approach allows you to perform trade studies before development or implementation begins and saves time, money, and development headaches. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 14 May 2009 | Published: 14 May 2009
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Leveling the Field: Powerful Software Solutions for Midsize Companies
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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This paper highlights the value and benefits Oracle partners bring to IT implementations through the global Accelerate program - fixed-scope/fixed-price approach that ultimately lowers costs to customers and speeds time to value.
Posted: 04 May 2009 | Published: 04 May 2009
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How to Simplify .NET Testing
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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HP QuickTest Professional software is a useful tool for regression test and function test automation. This paper will briefly review the challenges or testing Windows Forms applications and review the functionality of HP QuickTest Processional and its .NET add-in capabilities.
Posted: 29 Apr 2009 | Published: 29 Apr 2009
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Road map to a Center of Excellence
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This paper will answer questions about what a Center of Excellence (CoE) is and how it could benefit your organization. It will provide answers to questions such as; where is the most effective starting point? and, how do you build your quality management processes, architecture, and governance policies to grow along with your organization?
Posted: 29 Apr 2009 | Published: 29 Apr 2009
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A Tour of HP Sarbanes-Oxley IT Assessment
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This white paper describes HP Sarbanes-Oxley IT Assessment Accelerator, a template of pre-defined information based on ITGI's COBIT, which is loaded into HP Quality Center to help your organization define and execute Sarbanes-Oxley testing, evaluate the results, and develop remediation plans.
Posted: 29 Apr 2009 | Published: 29 Apr 2009
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